Clothes-hanging device



Apri 1 1924. 1,489,159`

' W. F. SCHILLING CLOTHES HANGING DEVICE Filed Jan. 26. 1923 gru/vento@@Hoz netz WILLIAM r. sommaire, or osnxfosn, wisconsin.

CLOTHES-HANGING DEVICE.

Application filed January 26, 1923. Serial No. 615,087.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. Sonni- LING, acitizen of the United States, residing at Oshkosh, in the county ofWinnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Clothes- Hanging Device, of which the following is aspecification.

'Ihe present invention relates to a clothes hanging device and has forits principal object to provide a simple and efficient structure of thisnature which will be reliable in i inexpensive to manufacture, duwelladapted for the'purpose for operation, rable, and

which it is designed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanging device of thisnature which is useful in supporting shirts and other` like garmentsupon a clothes line so that the 20 garment may dry in a substantiallyunruiiled condition.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a hanging deviceof this nature with means for engaging a garment and similar means lforengaging a support such as a clothes line, saidl means being arranged sothat they will not interfere with clips now each uother.

With the above and ynumerous other obso jects in view as will appear asthe description progresses, the invention resides in certain novelfeatures of construction, and the combination and arrangement of arts aswill be hereinafter more fully described and a5 claimed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plurality of thehanging devices, showing the saine as used,

Figure 2 is a perspective of one of the hanging devices,

.Figure 3 is a side elevation of one of the clips used in conjunctionwith the hanging devices, and i Figure 4 is a detail perspective of thespring used with the clip.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the hangingdevice consists of a bar 1 having at its ends depending extensions ec 2which terminate in offset extensions 3 that extend in oppositedirections from each other and parallel to the bar. 1.- U on the bar 1there is disposed a plurality o engaging clips 4 of any desiredconstruction and these clips are mounted so as to be adjustablelongitudinally of the bar 1. In the illustration shown in Figure l theseclips .4 are adapted to engage the clothes line. On the offsetextensions 3 which aredisposed beyond the ends of the bar 1 there aresituated the clips 5 which are preferably the same construction asthe'clips 4.' 'Ihe clips 5 are mounted on the extension 3 so that theymay be adjusted longitudinally that is so that they may be moved towardor. away from each other for attachment to garments of various Widths.

I have shown the detail structure of the clips in Figures 3 and 4. Eachclip 5 includes members 11 and 10, the latter of which is provided witha projection 12 intermediate its ends seated in the depression 13 of thefirst member whereby the members are rockably associated with eachother. The spring 14 has its intermediate portion passing through thetwo members 10 and 11 and the terminals of its arms engaging the membersa distance tion 12 so as to hold the clips in a closed positionnormally. The projection 12 is provided With an opening through whichextends the bar 1 so that the clip is capable of -sliding thereon. Thereare numerous on the market which may be used in'place of the structurewhich .I have just described and no claim is .made to the particularclip described except as may be hereinafter claimed in combination withthebar 1.

Although I have described my invention with some degree of particularlyit is to be understood that numerous changes in the details ofvconstruction and in the combination land arrangement of parts may ber6;- sorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention ashereinafter claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is 1. A device ofthe class described including a bar having depending extensions at itsends, offset extensions disposed on the depending extensions andsituated in parallelism with the bar and beyond the ends thereof, aplurality of clips on the bar and a clip on each offset extension, saidclips being longitudinally adjustable.

2. A device of the class described including a bar, extensions formed onthe ends of the bar out of alignment therewith and beyond the endsthereof, a clip on the bar, and a clip on each of the. extensions, saidclips being longitudinally adjustable.

from the location of the projec los 3. A device of the class describedincluding an elongated bar, right angular extensions on the ends of thebar, second right angular extensions on the ends of the first extensionsand disposed in parallelism with the bar and beyond the ends thereof, apair of clips dis osed on the bar and movable longitudina 'y thereon andadapted to be engaged with a support such as a clothes l0 line, and aclip disposed on each of the last mentioned extensions and movable longitudinally thereon and adapted to engage with a garment or the like.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM F. SCHILLING.

